A complete guide that helps you in planning Matheran trip Located about 170 kilometers away from Mumbai, Matheran is a popular, nearest and clean hill station. It is favorite destination for couples and family members to visit during summer season. The special thing about this travel spot is that vehicle entry is prohibited here. People who come here by car or other means of transport have to park their vehicle few kilometers away from this place. The only available means of transport available here is toy train, horses, hand pulled carts, pony or journey on the foot. This makes it pollution free and hygienic place to visit. For those who want to spend some quiet and peaceful moments with family members and close ones away from the daily hustle bustle then matheran trip makes the best option for them. The right time to visit to plan for matheran tourism is starting from April month till beginning of July month.
Matheran tourism offers various beautiful places for sightseeing to make your trip unforgettable and filled with adventure. Some of these places are mentioned below:
A long road whose name is The Mall Road which has shops, eateries in a line. These shops are a nice place to shop for wide range of food materials, hats made up of straws, goods made up of leather, cane etc. You can get to this place by walking or taking help of pony.
The most famous point viewed by everyone visiting this place is Panorama Point. This place gives mesmerizing and magnificent views of natural scenery. This is considered to be the longest point and gives stunning scenes of popular mountain peaks from this place.
Another point called as Heart Point gives delightful and unforgettable view of city during nighttime.
A place called Echo Point provides a distinct feature of echoing of your voice
There is a point called Monkey Point where you can see status of monkeys placed in the form of an antique. Seeing these points on a horse ride makes it a very interesting and fun filled trip. All this experiences makes this place worth remembering.
The last but most beautiful point which cannot be left unseen in your whole matheran trip is Sunset Point. As the name suggests this point is visited by people to see spectacular sunrise and an amazing sunset with glimpse of historic Prabalgad fort made by Maratha warrior Chattrapati Shivaji.
Those fond of visiting watery places would be enthusiastic to see such a pleasant and beautiful Charlotte Lake. This lake is very clean and its water is used for drinking purpose.
For those who loves trekking, there is a hilly area named as One Tree Hill which provides you an opportunity to perform a variety of adventures .